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title: "Holland Sentinel: First Time Business Owners Find Success as Wireless Zone Franchsiees"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/9da1275d-b7d4-4dc0-916c-b76e86366443
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/holland-sentinel-first-time-business-owners-find-success-as-wireless-zone-franchsiees-9837
category: "Retail"
industry: "Retail"
published: 2017-02-01T03:22:19.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:13:45.275Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/3691740942ceac608842ff63fd4c631e9087.jpg
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# Holland Sentinel: First Time Business Owners Find Success as Wireless Zone Franchsiees

**TL;DR:** Darryl and Becky Bartlett found success as Wireless Zone franchisees, running the business as a family and serving their community. They own and operate four Wireless Zone stores in Michigan.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-02-01. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/holland-sentinel-first-time-business-owners-find-success-as-wireless-zone-franchsiees-9837).*

## Story

In 2009, Darryl and Becky Bartlett decided to start a business. When researching their options, they knew they wanted to prioritize two things: a business that they could run as a family, and one that they could serve the community with. The answer was Wireless Zone.

"I just happened to do a search of various businesses I thought would be both viable long term and something that we could serve the community together as a family," Darryl Bartlett told the Sentinel. "I found Wireless Zone, which is a master agent exclusive to Verizon Wireless. I researched them, I talked with a number of other owners and one of the things I found that was unique was that many of them were run by families where they had a husband and wife involved."

Today, Bartlett owns and operates four Wireless Zone stores in Michigan. The primary store and office are located in Holland. They also own and operate stores in Plainwell, Wyoming and Lansing.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Retail (sector)
- family business (topic)
- franchise success (topic)
- Wireless Zone (company)
- Verizon (company)
- wireless retail (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/holland-sentinel-first-time-business-owners-find-success-as-wireless-zone-franchsiees-9837). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/9da1275d-b7d4-4dc0-916c-b76e86366443).